interest rate

Higher interest rates will mean higher return on U.S. investments — but in order to invest in the U.S., you need U.S. dollars.

Fed watchers expect the FOMC to raise rates at its September meeting, after Fed Chair Warsh said inflation hasn’t meaningfully improved.

With inflation trending down, and retail sales numbers edging up, the Federal Open Markets Committee is going into its late July meetings with fairly positive numbers.

Rising inflation and the bond markets are telling the Fed to raise rates. The guy in the White House is demanding cuts.

Until the start of the Iran war, most central banks were comfortable holding interest rates steady, or even cutting them. But things are different now.

The Fed hasn’t always been so transparent about how it makes interest rate decisions.

Between elevated inflation and a shaky job market, the Federal Reserve had already been setting the stage for an interest rate hold.

Monetary policy doesn’t just happen by magic. Instead, Fed employees in New York are carrying it out through open market operations.

If the Federal Reserve cuts rates next week as predicted, and Kevin Hassett becomes Fed Chair, where will rates be at this time next year?

The Fed has been shrinking its pile of securities and Treasurys, but it still needs them to keep the economy’s plumbing in order.